Securing wigs in place.



No. 833,092. PATENTBD OCT. 9, 1906.

W. SLBIGHER. SBGURING WIGS IN PLAGE.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 9. 1906.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEEIOE.

WILLIAM SLEIOHER, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

SECURING wlGs IN PLACE.

' To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SLEIoI-IER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Securing Wigs in Place; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in securingwigs and toupees inplace, and has for its object to provide a material for that purposewhich may be conveniently handled and easily applied, which may bethoroughly medicated, if desired, which is not affected by perspiration,and which may be used with greater comfort and security to the wearerthan has hitherto been possible.

The material which is commonly' used for this purpose is known astoupee-paste and is of about the consistency of beeswax. In using thismaterial a small lump is worked up by the fingers and applied toappropriate surfaces formed on the interior of the wig or toupee. Thenature of this substance is such that its particles adhere more stronglyto one another than they do to the wig or the scalp. This characteristichas been heretofore regarded as practically indispensable, inasmuch asotherwise the paste could not well be removed from the surfaces of thewig or toupee when it has been so affected by the oilsof the skin andperspiration that it will not longer adhere to the scalp. It has thedisadvantage, however, that it forms a lump between the scalp and thewig, which is uncomfortable to the wearer, and that it soon loses itspower to adhere to the scalp. Of course it is possible to use for thispurpose a paste of a stronger adhesive nature by painting it on thetoupee or wig with a brush but this has the disadvantage that thematerial can be removed from the wig after it has lost its adhesivenessonly by `dissolving it with some such solvent as alcohol or ether, and,moreover, such material is inconvenient and disagreeable to handle.

By my invention I am enabled to use -a much stronger adhesive paste thanthe ordie nary toupee-paste in a form which is convenient to handle andwhich may be removed from the wi without a solvent, thus adding greatlyto t e convenience of handling and comfort to the wearer and at the sametime securing the advantages of the greater adhe- Specficaton of LettersPatent.

Application filed June 9, 1906. Serial No. 320.961.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

siveness and ability to remain unaffected by perspiration. I secure thisresult by providing an intermediate material between the wig and thescalp, such material carrying the strongly-adhesive paste.

Incarrying out my invention I provide a thinl narrow strip of flexiblematerial and cover it on both sides with the strongly-adhesive paste,which is preferably thoroughly medicated. In order that this materialmay be conveniently packed and carried, I cover it on both sides with aprotective layer of paper, gauze, or other fibrous or textile material.In this form the material may be rolled7 folded, or cut into strips of aconvenient length and packed in small packages, preferably tin boxes, inwhich it may be offered for sale. When it is desired to use thematerial, the protective covering may be removed from one side, leavingthe other side covered, and the surface so exposed applied to theappropriate surfaces on the inside of the wig or toupee and the striprubbed with the finger to make it adhere. The protective covering maythen be removed from the other surface and the wig or toupee applied tothe scalp.

I have found that when the surface of the material next to the scalpbecomes soiled by contact therewith the adhesive-carrying Inaterial maybe removed and the soiled surface placed next to the wig, exposing tothe scalp the surface which had previously been applied to the Wig, andthat when this is done the adhesiveness of the soiled surface is stillsufficient to make it adhere to the wig, While the fresh surfacewilladhere to the scalp. I

thus secure a material which is cleanly, sanitary, convenient to handle,comfortable to the wearer, which is not affected by the perspiration ofthe scalp, which securely holds the wig in place for a much longer timethan has hitherto been possible, and which may be readily renewed whennecessary.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a view of a strip of my improvedmaterial carrying on each side the adhesive paste and provided withprotective coverings, and Fig. 2 is a view showing the inside of atoupee with myimproved material applied in three places.

In Fig. l the flexible strip of adhesive-carrying material is shownturned up at the ends and with the protective covering c partiallystripped off to expose the adhesive paste, (indicated at 1),) and thepaste b is removed at two places to expose the carrier-strip a.

In Fig. 2, d is a toupee having three sur- IOO IIO

v faces e e e, to Which my improved material is applied.

' Any suitable composition may be used t0 form the adhesive pastedas,for instance, the following: finely-powdered resin, fourteen parts; leadplaster, eighty parts g yellow wax, sixty parts. The lead plaster andwax are melted together with a gentle heat, and the resin is then added'and thoroughly mixed. The lead plaster used is preferably composed of:lead oxid, thirtytwo parts, olive-oil, sixty parts, and a sufficientquantity of water to form an emulsion.

As another composition which may be applied to the surfaces of thecarrying material I may use Burgundy pitch, one p'art; rubber, twoparts; gum-alibanum, one part.

In either case an appropriate antiseptic material may be added.

The adhesive coating may be applied to the two sides of the fiexiblecarrier-strip either by dipping or submerging the strip into theadhesive material or by applying the material by means of a brush or thelike.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. Means forsecuring wigs or toupees in place, comprising a thin, narrow strip offlexible material adapted to serve as an intermediate fiexibleconnection and adhesive carrier between the wig or toupee and the scalp,said s'trip being provided on both sides with an adhesive coating;substantially as described.

2. Means for securing wigs or toupees in place, comprising a thin,narrow strip of flexible material adapted to serve as an intermediateflexible connection and adhesive carrier between the wig or toupee andthe scalp, said strip being provided on both sides with an adhesivecoating and a removable protective covering therefor; substantially asdescribed.

3. A combination with a wig or toupee of a thin, narrow,'reversible,adhesive-carrying strip of exible material applied t0 the inner surfacethereof; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SLEICHER.

